Dr. Jim is exactly right about DNP's energy sources, and that it's not a product one would want to use while seeking to gain muscle (although I know many who use it just on weekends during a bulk to "knock down" some of the fat they gain, and it anecdotally seems to work). This is also why DNP works better in people with more SKM than those with less (and why the same dose in two people will have different final results--it's not a mg-for-mg identical performance). I'm not sure about the claim that 90% of DNP's weight loss is just water, though, especially since people on DNP retain water, NOT! actually. And since DNP works by causing mitochondria to waste energy, it's not logical to think that the compensatory source of energy for that process is going to come from calorie-free water. It has to come from sources that actually provide something, and while he's right that glycogen is first on the list, it just doesn't add up to say that only 10% of loss will be fat and the rest water. So unless he meant it hyperbolicaly, I do quarrel with that particular detail.
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I suppose your overlooking the fact WATER compromises somewhere between 50-70% of HUMAN TBW. Thus without loosing water weight loss approximates the IMPOSSIBLE.
Now lets look at the POISON DNP specifically (correct it's listed as a poison by the CCCR, chemical compound and composition registry). As we all acknowledge DNP uncouples oxidative phosphorlation. The net effect is ENTROPY, foodstuffs are wasted as heat and a lot of it. The body compensates thru TWO primary mechanisms.
FIRST, gross diaphoresis (sweating = WATER) is used to reduce the HEAT which is created by DNP use.
I suppose I should also mention THERMOREGULATION is not "energy free", because sweating is not a passive process and indeed requires energy.
SECOND, those cells which are unaffected by DNP (if all your cells were equally effected because of "toxic" DNP levels. DEATH would occur) accelerate their ATP production thru the normal pathways such as glycolysis and the Kreb's cycle.
This becomes important because for every molecule of NADH formed (16) via the electron transport system (Krebs cycle) ONE MOLECULE OF WATER is formed, thru the reduction of oxygen. (That's why O-2 is so very important)
For this reason ALONE weight loss DOES NOT occur absent the formation of WATER! GTG!
Finally rest assured people LOSE water weight while on DNP, ask anyone whom has used it absent supplemental water many would probably see their maker much sooner.
Oh one VERY IMPORTANT caveat for all those future DNP users, it causes CATARACTS in roughly 1% of users, and once they begin prepare for a lens replacement in BOTH eyes!
GUYS USE YOUR HEAD STAY AWAY FROM THIS CRAP!!!
regs
JIM